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Re:Facebook CEO says no plans to extend all of GDPR globally by ams6110 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:40PM (#16751453)
Enforced by who? Fines collected by who?

What happens if a site operator in Iowa just ignores it.

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Re:Facebook CEO says no plans to extend all of GDPR globally by icedchai on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:51PM (#16751499)
I'll tell you what happens: nothing.

Okay, they might get a letter or two that they place in the circular file.

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Re:Facebook CEO says no plans to extend all of GDPR globally by icebraining on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:09AM (#16753183)
It should be noted that merely being accessible in the EU doesn't automatically make the GDPR apply to a site, although the line is not sharply delineated.

https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-23/

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Re:Facebook CEO says no plans to extend all of GDPR globally by flukus on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:51PM (#16751745)
> What happens if a site operator in Iowa just ignores it.

Other European businesses, will be banned from doing business with them. For facebook they can stop them buying advertising space, for others they might issue orders to block payments to them. Some small players in Iowa may still get away from things but no one notable will.

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